Spent the afternoon with the House of Commons running in a window up in the corner of the screen while I fixed a piece of code. At least this week, they're making Congress look moderately competent. The only party that isn't fragmented and is staying firmly on point is the Scottish National Party: repeal Article 50, or if not, Scotland will find a way to be an EU member on its own.

I'm just trying to imagine what the reaction would have been, had Obama, or Clinton (either Clinton), or the local (D) dogcatcher for that matter, had sent a memo to TV producers with a list of people to ban from their programming.

We now consider it a relief and a victory if the POTUS is not indicted for criminally conspiring with foreign governments to throw elections. Abuse of office in violation of the 1st Amendment hardly raises an eyebrow. It's just Trump being Trump.

Yeah. Imagine if Obama suggested banning people who pushed the claim that he wasn't born in the United States. I'm thinking someone rather prominent would be on that list, but I can't quite remember who that would be.

Nothing we know (not that much) about the Mueller report changes the known facts presented in this piece from last year. Nothing we will come to learn about the Mueller report (who knows how much?) will change them, either.

I'm trying, with total lack of success, to remember the last time an administration was this inept at vetting its nominees. Although I suppose the standard they are using could be "anything Trump did himself is not disqualifying."